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The 'Xantippe' in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/29/74] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel barquentine 'Xantippe', 972 tons, in an unidentified port ('Xantippe' = the wife of the Greek philospher Socrates) [steel 4 mast barquentine, not brigantine as captioned. 972 gross, 909 net tons. ON99962. 211.3 x 35.3 x 17.3. Built 1893 (6) Workman, Clark and Co., Belfast. Owners: Montgomerie and Workman, registered Belfast. Went missing late in 1895 on a voyage when in ballast from San Jose, Guatemala towards Vancouver. Sailed Dec. 15, 1895, was spoken Dec. 20 and not seen since]. A researcher believes that Captain George Falconer from Aberdeen, Scotland, was the Captain the year that the 'Xantippe' went missing. The 'Daily Commercial News and Shipping List' (Sydney, Friday 8 February 1895) reports that: 'Captain Falconer, of tho British barquentine Xantippe, from Victoria. B.C. for Cork, which put into Skibbereen Harbor, November 28th, with the crew sick, has since died.' The researcher, a descendant of Captain Falconer, says: 'He snd his crew were caught in the Doldrums. Most succumbed to scurvy. Some were rescued and recovered to Skibbereen in Eire.'

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Physical description

Photograph; 12.7 cm x 10.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Xantippe (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Coasters'.

This image is from the A.D. Edwardes Collection of about 8,000 photographs, mostly of sailing ships from around the world, taken between about 1865 and 1920. Mounted in 91 albums, the photographs are arranged by country of ownership, with some special volumes such as 'Shipping at Port Adelaide' and 'South Australian outports'. Additional information, giving the history of the ships where known, has been provided by maritime historian, Ron Parsons.

Digitisation information

Date

25/03/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,688 x 4,755 pixels (27.0 MP)

Size

81.16 MB

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